The short answer is it has to be, because there isn’t any more rattling around the back of the Treasury sofa ­— and the Tories can’t afford to choke off the economy with more borrowing or, even worse, any more tax hikes.

New Health Secretary Matt Hancock must get to grips with his brief quickly. That means more than wearing a new NHS badge and rightly praising the hard-working frontline staff.

He cannot shirk from the fight to make our health service more efficient and to prioritise cash where it’s needed.